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Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov arrived in Tatarstan today on a working trip. Immediately upon his arrival at the Begishevo International Airport, the head of the Russian ministry went to the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. Here Denis Manturov, accompanied by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov examined the plant of Ford Sollers Yelabuga.

Currently, preparations are underway at the Ford Sollers Yelabuga site for the start of serial production of Aurus luxury cars. The project is a serious incentive for the socio-economic development of Tatarstan making it possible to effectively use the potential of the Russian automotive market in commercial vehicle segment. Minister Manturov was presented with a company’s plan to reach design capacity until 2024.

Within the visit to the Alabuga SEZ, Rustam Minnikhanov presented Minister Manturov with the republic’s award, the Order of Merit to the Republic of Tatarstan.

The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Director General of the SEZ Alabuga Timur Shagivaleyev, Chairman of the Sollers Board of Directors Vadim Shvetsov, Director General of Aurus Adil Shirinov, and others.

Based on information by press service of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade

The 7th International Forum “Anti-Counterfeiting’2019” has opened in Yerevan today, dedicated to the problems of counteracting illicit trafficking in industrial products, including the protection of intellectual property rights. The Forum’s organisers are the Government of the Republic of Armenia with the support from the Eurasian Economic Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, and the International Anti-Counterfeiting Association.

The Forum was attended by representatives of the Committee to Combat Illicit Trafficking of Industrial Products in Tatarstan, Leysan Zakirova and Lilia Gazizullina from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.

The main purpose of the Forum is to discuss the issues of protecting markets from illegal trafficking in industrial products, including counterfeit and falsified ones, ensuring intellectual property rights, and to engage in a constructive dialogue to work out joint solutions for creating a civilised market for goods and services.

One of the Forum events also dealt with digital traceability and labelling of goods as tools to ensure the free movement of goods within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The key effect of the digital transformation of commodity circulation should be the “EAEU’s Digital Space for Circulation of Goods”, that is, a space integrating digital processes, information resources, trade interaction means, etc.

Based on information by anti-counterfeiting.ru

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan held a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Compiling a List of Regional Manufacturers that claim to sign an agreement on the implementation of corporate competitiveness improvement programmes (CCIP).

This support is carried out within the framework of the International Cooperation and Exports national project in accordance with the Resolution of the Russian Federation Government No. 191 of February 23, 2019 and aims to support republic’s export-oriented enterprises by increasing their competitiveness in global markets. Enterprises are granted subsidies from the federal budget for partial compensation of their interest rates on export credits and other similar funding instruments, as well as partial compensation of premiums under export credit insurance contracts.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Tatarstan Office of Federal Statistics Service, the Tatarstan Office of the Russian Federal Tax Service, and the Tatarstan Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights.

The participants reviewed the documents of the exporting enterprises submitting applications for participation in the selection under the CCIP mechanism. As a result, it was decided to include 11 enterprises of the first wave in the list of regional manufacturers claiming to sign an agreement on the implementation of CCIP.

Today in Naberezhnye Chelny, the KAMAZ Press and Frame Plant launched a new line for the production of aluminium fuel tanks, which is intended to replace the supplies of imported tanks from Austria. The ceremony was attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Director General of the Rostec Group Sergey Chemezov, Deputy Prime Minister Albert Karimov, and other officials.

Before the launch of the new line, Russia has no facilities for the production of aluminium fuel tanks that would meet the quality and capacity requirements of KAMAZ, so the company purchased these products abroad. In 2017, KAMAZ decided to set up its own facilities for the aluminium fuel tank production. In 2018, the Industry Development Fund (IDF) supported the company’s project by providing the manufacturer with a loan under the Component Products programme.

Within this project, KAMAZ began producing aluminium fuel tanks with a capacity of 200 to 800 litres. The new production’s output is 35,000 tanks a year. However, the line is universal allowing the production of both aluminium and steel fuel tanks.

Earlier, the IDF granted the company a preferential loan for the purchase of new equipment. The total project budget was RUB 544 million, of which RUB 230 million is an IDF loan.

An important project for KAMAZ and the region has become the 150th production project launched with the involvement of a IDF loan.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia will implement a new measure of government support for the digital industry transformation: partial subsidies towards the cost of developing digital platforms and software products in order to create and/or develop high-tech industrial products.

The rules for granting subsidies were approved by Government Decree No. 529 of April 30, 2019.

The competitive selection is scheduled from August 1 to August 20, 2019.

For more information, please contact the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia:

• Konstantin Semenov, tel. +7 495 870 29 21, ext. 22575, semenkovkv@minprom.gov.ru;
• Albina Ivanova, Tel. +7 495 870 29 21, ext. 22774, ivanovaala@minprom.gov.ru;
• Semyon Marder, Tel. +7 495 870 29 21, ext. 23601;
• Kirill Smolyaninov, Tel. +7 495 870 29 21, ext. 22360.